SDAC Plugin Update: SDAC Post Slideshows 1.1
After getting some great feedback about our SDAC Post Slideshows plugin – we updated it and added in a number of new features.
- You can define what post ID you want to use (handy when using do_shortcode() or re-using a slideshow in another post/page
- You can define the new defaults using the shortcode (fx=”fade”), etc
- New version of jQuery Cycle (includes effects)
- You can now define the slideshow effect
- You can now define the slideshow timeout
- You can now define the slideshow speed
- You can now define if the slideshow should pause on hover
- You can now define the slideshow background color
- You can now define the slideshow border color
Example slideshow:
[post-slideshow post_id=”1057″]
If you have any feedback – let us know by creating a post in our support forums!
You can download your copy of this plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sdac-post-slideshows/
WordPress 3.1 is Available
WordPress 3.1. has officially been released. This update brings a number of updates as well as some new features (easy internal linking, post formats, new network admin, and more.
You can read more about all the changes and updates that went into 3.1 if you are interested. You can also see all the bug fixes as well.
Download the latest versions of WordPress: WordPress 3.1
SDAC Plugin Update: SDAC Post Slideshows 1.0.2
We updated the plugin this afternoon with updates including updating jQuery Cycle to the latest version, fixing an undefined index warning, and adding in the ability to have the slideshows available on pages as well as posts (per request), as well as a few other minor changes.
You can download your copy of this plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sdac-post-slideshows/
Enjoy and let us know what other features/enhancements you would like to see with this plugin.
Lucidity 2.0 WordPress Theme Released
We rebuilt this theme from the ground up while keeping the same goals in mind that we had for Lucidity’s original release: ease of use, customizable, and fun. We added in a ton of new features, cleaned up the admin, and give you much more customization options.
Features
This new version is full of features to make your site customizable.
- Use WordPress menus for your header navigation (drop down menus are also available by default)
- Show/Hide Search in the navigation bar
- Manage Ads (ROS/Home) for the leaderboard and two sidebar ads (widgets)
- Define custom meta tags for easy site verification (without touching the theme code)
- Choose your site colors/font
- Show your social network links so your visitors can stay connected
- Auto re-direct your feeds to your Feedburner account
- Easily add in your Analytic code (Google/Quantcast) (without touching the theme code)
Screenshots
Requirements
Lucidity 2.0 requires WordPress 3.0+
Demo
See Lucidity in action at: http://lucidity.sandboxdev.com/
Miscellaneous
The theme also supports threaded comments and sidebar widgets by default. Lucidity is a great theme for all levels of users and will continually be developed to add more features and additional functionality.
Support
Support is available at the SDAC Inc. Forums.
Purchase
Change the_excerpt Length and Ending
Using WordPress – there are some times when you want to use the_excerpt but you do not want to show the default 55 words and/or show the […] after those 55 words.
Change the Length
Instead of only showing the default 55 words where you want to change it to something longer or shorter. To change this – just add/modify this in your functions.php file:
add_filter('excerpt_length', 'sdac_excerpt_length');
function sdac_excerpt_length( $length ) {
return 75;
}
In that code example – I am setting the length to be 75 words.
Change the Ending
Instead of showing the default […] after the excerpt – you can omit that or change it. To change this – just add/modify this in your functions.php file:
add_filter('excerpt_more', 'jappler_excerpt_more');
function jappler_excerpt_more( $more ) {
global $post;
return '... <a>ID ).'">Read More »</a>';
}
In that example – I added a read more which links to the post permalink. (This filter is available with WordPress 2.9+)
Hopefully these examples will help a little bit the next time you want to use the excerpt but wished it was easy to change the output.
WordPress 3.0.4 is Available
WordPress 3.0.4 has officially been released. The update contains a critical security update and updating is highly recommended as soon as possible. You can read more about all the changes and updates that went into 3.0.4 if you are interested. You can also see all the bug/security fixes as well.
Download the latest versions of WordPress: WordPress 3.0.4
WordPress 3.0.3 Available
WordPress 3.0.3 has officially been released. The update contains security updates (XML-RPC remote publishing issue) and like usual, updating is highly recommended. You can read more about all the changes and updates that went into 3.0.3 if you are interested. You can also see all the bug/security fixes as well.
Download the latest versions of WordPress: WordPress 3.0.3
Custom Post Types Open the Door…
For the last five projects we have been working on – we have used Custom Post Types for all of them. While we first thought these were pretty cool to work with – we have since realized that these are amazing. We have implemented user submitted media, events, profiles, vendors, contributors, etc all using Custom Post Types. Since we would like to share the love…we are looking to make some really awesome plugins for the community. Anyone have something they think would be really cool and that would help a lot of people?
SDAC Plugin Update: SDAC Post Slideshows 1.0.1
We updated the plugin this morning with some minor updates including changing the divs to use all classes and not IDs so the code will be valid XHTML if you have more than one slideshow on a page (archive view, etc). We also added some code to take care of any HTML entities issues that might arise with the slide excerpt.
You can download your copy of this plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sdac-post-slideshows/
Enjoy!
SDAC Plugin: SDAC Post Slideshows
We are happy to announce our latest plugin: SDAC Post Thumbnails. This plugin allows you to easily add in slideshows (text and/or images) by populating a few fields when creating a new post.
[post-slideshow]
Free support for this plugin is available at the SDAC Inc Forums. Feel free to give us some feedback – we are always looking to improve our plugins as well as to add in additional functionality.
Behind the scenes:
- This plugin uses jQuery Cycle.
- You can custom size your slideshow to fit your layout without changing any CSS files.
- You can add the slideshow easily into any post by using the “post-slideshow” button in your editor toolbar (HTML).
- You can add in as many or as few slides as you want.